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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15113-2
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- NSFC [NSFC 21827811, 21527810, 21922404]
- National Key Research Program [2019YFA0905800]
- Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province [2017XK2103]
- Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate
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Protein-dominant cellular processes cannot be fully decoded without precise manipulation of their activity and localization in living cells. Advances in optogenetics have allowed spatio-temporal control over cellular proteins with molecular specificity; however, these methods require recombinant expression of fusion proteins, possibly leading to conflicting results. Instead of modifying proteins of interest, in this work, we focus on design of a tunable recognition unit and develop an aptamer-based near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive nano-platform for manipulating the subcellular localization of specific proteins in their native states. Our results demonstrate that this nanoplatform allows photocontrol over the cytoplasmicnuclear shuttling behavior of the target RelA protein (a member of the NF-kappa beta family), enabling regulation of RelA-related signaling pathways. With a modular design, this aptamer-based nanoplatform can be readily extended for the manipulation of different proteins (e.g., lyso-zyme and p53), holding great potential to develop a variety of label-free protein photoregulation strategies for studying complex biological events.
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